“Rwanda with our current conservation commitments, should be benefiting from the carbon market. All our reserves such as forests of the national parks of Nyungwe, Volcanoes and Gishwati-Mukura, protected wetlands and many other forests across the country remove carbon emissions from atmosphere and avoid climate change,’’ he said.
“If you prevent one metric tonne of carbon dioxide from polluting the atmosphere depending on forests you have that absorb such emissions, you should be paid for it.
Today, the current country’s forest cover is equivalent to 30.4 percent – about 724,662 hectares.